Articles with the Tag: Fire
Smoke from the wildfires burning through bone-dry forests and grasslands in the West has damaged air quality this week from California to the Eastern Seaboard. The polluting smoke has been thickest in the Northwest, including Montana, where over the past week Missoula, Helena, Great Falls and other cities ra...
News from CSKT FLATHEAD RESERVATION — Hot, dry conditions and lack of precipitation forecasted have prompted wildland fire officials with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Division of Fire to raise the fire danger within the reservation to extreme, effective immediately. E...
News from the office of Governor Gianforte MONTANA — Governor Greg Gianforte issued an executive order declaring a statewide wildland fire emergency in Montana. “Montana faces critical fire conditions that pose significant threats to our communities, infrastructure, first responders, and way...
News from the Office of the Governor MONTANA – Governor Greg Gianforte released the Montana Drought Forecast Report for Summer 2021. According to data in the report, the U.S. Drought Monitor indicates approximately 91 percent of Montana faces abnormally dry to extreme drought conditions as o...
With fireworks crackling, temperatures in the 90s and a thunderstorm on the horizon, C.T. Camel, fire prevention specialist for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, was worried last week. It’s hard to believe the weekend delivered much relief. While last Thursday’s thunderstorm b...
News from DNR HELENA — The Northern Rockies Coordination Group and collaborating federal, state, and local agencies are launching: www.MTFireInfo.org to keep Montanans and our visitors updated on current fire restriction information. “We have a personal responsibility to each another and ...
News from CSKT Division of Fire FLATHEAD RESERVATION — Division of Fire officials state that fire danger is moderate, but is very close to high, especially on the west side of the reservation. Debris burning by permit will close for the fire season on June 30. CSKT Division of Fire...
News from the Office of the Governor MONTANA — Governor Greg Gianforte received the 2021 Fire Season Briefing from state and federal agency administrators and fire management officers. “Much of Montana is currently in moderate to extreme drought conditions, increasing the risk of a severe...
News from CSKT FLATHEAD RESERVATION — CSKT Division of Fire officials want to update the public on the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes’ fire danger. “Although we have received some precipitation, next week fuel moistures will start to lower as temperatures...
MONTANA — In a wildfire briefing at the state Capitol attended by more than a dozen land use and wildfire response agency leaders, Gov. Greg Gianforte said he wants to double the number of treated acres on Montana’s forests and pressured the National Park Service to extinguish all wildfire starts...
